'EastEnders' star expects Bianca changes

Patsy Palmer has predicted that her EastEnders character Bianca Butcher would be a changed woman if she ever returned to Walford.

Bianca is currently in prison after attacking womaniser Connor Stanley in the climax to his love triangle storyline with her adopted daughter Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) and mother Carol (Lindsey Coulson).

Off-screen, meanwhile, Palmer made a swift departure from the soap in December as she gave birth to her fourth child Bertie almost a month before he was due. The actress is now out of contract with EastEnders but has confirmed that she would not rule out a future comeback.

Speaking to Take It Easy about her most recent stint as Bianca, Palmer commented: "It was quite nice playing an older, wiser Bianca. Now she's in prison, I'm sure she'll come out and be a different person, so if I do go back it'll be a new challenge."

Asked whether she does intend to return to EastEnders, she replied: "I really don't know at the moment because everything is about the baby. If I do go back, it won't be for at least 12 months, but they've left the door open for me. I'm really grateful for that because I do enjoy my job.

"I'm lucky to be in a position where if I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't have to go. I don't just do it for the money. My husband works so I could be a stay-at-home mum."

Palmer's screen husband Sid Owen (Ricky Butcher) is also due to take a break from EastEnders.

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